Pat Onstad

After graduating, Onstad joined the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League in 1987. From 1988 to 1989, he played for the Winnipeg Fury, also of the CSL. He moved to a third CSL team, the Toronto Blizzard, for 1990 and 1991. Onstad returned to the Fury in 1992, winning both the CSL Championship and the CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award. Onstad moved to the APSL in 1994, playing for the Toronto Rockets. After a season with the Rockets, he moved to the Montreal Impact for 1995. In 1996, he played indoor soccer for the Edmonton Drillers of the NPSL. He returned to outdoor soccer in 1997, playing for the Toronto Lynx, again of the A-League.

United States and Scotland

In 1998, Onstad moved to his first American team, the Rochester Raging Rhinos, with whom he won the A-League title, and was also named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year, after allowing only 13 goals in 26 regular season games. Onstad remained with Rochester for 1999, was named All-League second team, and helped the Rhinos become the only lower league team to win the U.S. Open Cup since the foundation of Major League Soccer. In 1999, Onstad was signed by Dundee United of Scotland for the 1999–2000 and 2000–2001 seasons, but as third-string goal keeper behind Alan Combe and Paul Gallacher, he did not see any playing time with the first team. He returned to Rochester in 2001, and although a wrist injury kept him out of action for most of the year, he finished second in the league in goals against the…

Onstad played for Canada at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 1987 Pan American Games. Onstad made his senior debut for the Canadian national team on February 18, 1988, against Bermuda, and played a total of 60 games over a 22-year period for the squad. He represented Canada in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in three unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaigns. His final official international game was an August 2008 World Cup qualification match against Jamaica. He played his last match for Canada in a friendly against Argentina on 24 May 2010, thus becoming the oldest player in Canada's history at the age of 42 years and 131 days, breaking the previous record set by David Norman in 1994.

Onstad joined D.C. United as an assistant coach alongside Chad Ashton. It was announced on February 17, 2011, that Onstad would come out of retirement to play for D.C. due to the injuries to Steve Cronin and Bill Hamid. His contract with D.C. United expired on May 31, 2011, and Onstad returned solely to his duties as an assistant coach. Onstad left D.C. in January 2013. He joined Toronto FC as Chief Scout and Manager of Football Partnerships. Shortly after the firings of general manager Kevin Payne, and director of team and player operations Earl Cochrane, Onstad left the organization. On January 10, 2014, he joined Columbus Crew SC as an assistant coach, with head coach Gregg Berhalter stating that "Pat is very professional in how he approaches the game, and he brings versatility to his new role. He has great league experience and a winning pedigree, and those are attributes that attracted us to bringing him onboard." When Gregg Berhalter left Columbus to coach the United States men's national soccer team, Onstad was promoted to technical director by Crew president and general manager Tim Bezbachenko. On November 1, 2021, Onstad was hired as general manager of the Houston Dynamo.

Rochester Rhinos

A-League Championship: 1998, 2001 A-League Commissioner's Cup: 1998, 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 1999 Eastern Conference Championship: 1998, 1999 Northeast Division Champs: 1998, 1999, 2002 San Jose Earthquakes

Major League Soccer MLS Cup: 2003 Major League Soccer Supporters Shield: 2005 Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship: 2003 Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship: (Regular Season) 2003, 2005 Houston Dynamo

Major League Soccer MLS Cup: 2006, 2007 Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship: 2006, 2007 Canada

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2000 North American Nations Cup: 3rd place, 1991 Canada U20

CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 1986 Individual

MLS Goalkeeper of the Year: 2003, 2005 MLS Best XI: 2003, 2005 Canadian Player of the Year: 2003 A-League Goalkeeper of the Year: 1998 A-League: First Team: 1998, Second Team 1999 MLS Save of the Year: 2009 Rochester Rhinos Hall of Fame: 2012 Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame: 2015